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Milan Maly – Remembered

Posted on 21 May 2013

* 30/09/23, Brno, Czechoslovakia. † 01/05/13, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Od roku 1940 pracoval v německém Kasselu, odkud se mu podařilo 21. června 1940 uprchnout přes Alpy do Jugoslávie. Na našem konzulátu v Bělehradě podepsal 29. června vstup do čs. … Continue reading →

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Circus 157 – remembered

Posted on 16 May 2013

Nejsou zapomenuti Not forgotten Malá pietní oslava na paměť 71. výročí RAF Operace Circus 157 proběhla 5.5. 2013 v podvečerních hodinách na vojenském hřbitově CWGC Ypres Town Extension v Ypres v belgických Flandrách. A discreet remembrance act commemoration the 71st … Continue reading →

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Zdenek SKARVADA

Posted on 12 May 2013

Zdeněk ŠKARVADA * 08/11/17 † 11/05/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . W/O Zdeněk ŠKARVADA, 788031 WW2 pilot with 310 Sqn. RAF died 11 May 2013, Ostrava, Czech Republic. _______________________________________________________________ 11. května 2013 v Ostrava, Česká republika zemřel … Continue reading →

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Plzen-Doubravka remembers its fallen RAF pilots

Posted on 8 May 2013

29. dubna 2013 byla uspořádána pamětní ceremonie v Plzni-Doubravce na počest tří místních rodáků, pilotů RAF SGT Karla Pavlíka, 313 Sqn, SGT Václava Šindeláře, 57 OTU a F/O Aloise Záleského, 312 Sqn, kteří padli v 2. světové válce ve službách … Continue reading →

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Arnost Mrtvy – Spitfire MJ558 excavation

Posted on 5 May 2013

Arnošt Mrtvý was born 12 January 1916 at Hrdibořice, Prostějov, Czechoslovakia. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, he decided to escape to Poland where he had heard that Czechoslovak military forces where being formed to fight … Continue reading →

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Milan MALÝ

Posted on 1 May 2013

Milan MALÝ * 30/09/23 † 01/05/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . Sgt Milan MALÝ, 788498 WW2 pilot with 312 Sqn. RAF died 1 May 2013, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. _______________________________________________________________ 1. května 2013 v Českých Budějovicích, Česká … Continue reading →

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Free Czechoslovak Forces in France, 1939–1940, a Historical and Philatelic Study

Posted on 29 April 2013

Free Czechoslovak Forces in France 1939–1940 a Historical and Philatelic Study by Richard Beith.., In this 72 page monograph, Richard has separated out the ‘historical’ and the ‘philatelic’ information. The first five short chapters cover ‘The problems of Czechoslovakia in … Continue reading →

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310 Sqn – We Fight to Rebuild

Posted on 19 April 2013

1940 The first Czechoslovak squadron in the RAF was 310 Sqn, which was formed in June 1940 at RAF Innsworth Lane, Gloucestershire. It used the squadron code letters ‘NN’ and its badge depicted the Czechoslovak lion in front of an … Continue reading →

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Velke Hamry children visit Namest nad Oslavou airbase

Posted on 14 April 2013

Děti z Velkých Hamrů navštívili letiště v Náměšti nad Oslavou. In February 2012 we published a biography of Josef Mohr the navigator who died following the tragic last flight of Wellington KX-B of 311 Sqn on 28th Dec 1941. Josef … Continue reading →

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Vladimir SALAC

Posted on 11 April 2013

Vladimír SALAČ * 02/03/23 † 23/03/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . Cpl Vladimír SALAČ, 788072 WW2 Electrician I with 311 Sqn. RAF died 23 March 2013 at Vrchlabí, Czech Republic. _______________________________________________________________ 23. března 2013 v Vrchlabí, Česká … Continue reading →

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